Liberty Elm Diner, Providence, RI
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The Central Diner in 1934, Providence Journal photo.
Liberty Elm Diner, Providence, Rhode Island Our Comet visited the Liberty Elm Diner in Providence, RI. The diner itself was built in 1947 by the Worcester Lunch Car Company, car #806, of Worcester, MA. It was also known as the Central Diner, Elmwood Diner, Jenn's Elmwood Diner, and Ole Elmwood Diner. |
Bishops 4th Street Diner, Newport RI
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Bishops 4th Street Diner, Newport, Rhode Island Bishops 4th Street Diner in Newport, Rhode Island. Bishop's is a 1950s O'Mahony diner. Zippy the Pinhead visited Bishops. |
Hope Diner, Bristol RI
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Hope Diner, Bristol, Rhode Island The Hope Diner doesn't look like a classic manufactured diner from the outside. Not from the inside, either. But believe it or not, under all that wood, paint, and suspended ceiling lurks a vintage early-1930s Worcester lunch car—wheels, tin ceiling, and all. The diner was opened by Alfred Duffy on Bradford Street, near the former Pastime Theatre, sometime prior to 1935, as Duffy's Mount Hope Diner. At sixty feet long by fifteen feet wide, Duffy's was probably a stock model, ordered directly out of the Worcester Lunch Car Company catalog. It's not clear, however, if Alfred Duffy was the first owner. - From Quahog.orgThe photo of the origional diner is from the book Diners Of New England by Randy Garbin. |
Beacon Diner, East Greenwich RI
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Beacon Diner, East Greenwich, Rhode Island The Beacon is not a classic manufactured diner, but it still has a classic manufactured diner vibe. More importantly, it has a little lighthouse on its roof and baby jukes in the booths. If you've seen the movies Hard Luck (2006) or 27 Dresses (2008), you've seen the Beacon Diner. A scene for the former was filmed there in 2005, and Katherine Heigl and James Marsden acted out a scene for the latter there in June 2007. The diner opened in 1967. - From Quahog.org
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Allies Donuts, Providence RI
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Allies Donuts, North Kingstown, Rhode Island Rated one of America's Top Ten Donut Shops by Epicurious, Allie's has been making donuts since 1968. Offers 3 dozen different types of donuts, sprinkles of every color imaginable, even a giant donut cake to share with family and friends. |
Snoopys Diner, North Kingstown RI
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Snoopys Diner, North Kingstown, Rhode Island Snoopy's is a circa 1950 Silk City diner. It is noted for its counter-mounted Seeburg Wall-O-Matic 200 jukes. Zippy the Pin Head visited Snoopys Diner. |
A & W, Smithfield RI
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A & W, Smithfield, Rhode Island Greenville's A&W Root Beer Stand on Route 44 opened around 1949. You turn on your lights for service and they come tight to you car, take your order and bring it back on a tray that hangs on your window! Tuesday is Cruise Night and it has been going on since 1995. |
The Right Spot Diner, Pawtucket RI
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The Right Spot Diner, Pawtucket, Rhode Island The Right Spot Diner is a 1930s Worcester Lunch Car #782 1944. Was formally Brothers Diner
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